Wednesday, December 18, 2013

A Guide To Paragliding Colorado

By Eugenia Dickerson


If one would go to the beach on vacation, one of the best activities that he would want to try out would be paragliding colorado. Of course this is known to be quite a dangerous activity because it involves a great deal of distance from the ground. It is for this reason that safety is a definite priority when it comes to this type of activity.

Now before one would even attempt to glide, he has to make sure that he learns the basics from a certified instructor first. If one would even try to do this on his own, he might just go home with some broken bones or some other injury. Now if one would want to avoid any casualties, then always make sure to have supervision at the side.

The first lesson that one will be having would be about the gear and the equipment. Before even attempting to glide, one must first know the equipment that he will be using so that he will be able to control the glider properly. If he knows which parts he must use when in the air, he will be able to control himself better.

After learning the parts of the glider, then the instructor will teach the beginners about the three basic moves of this activity. These three basic moves are known as the launch, the direction turn, and the slow landing. Now these three moves are the most basic ones and all the advanced ones will be stemming out from these three.

The first basic move that he will be learning will be how to launch himself in the air. Now in order to do this, one has to run at a fast speed on land that goes in a downward slope. If he feels that he has already gained enough momentum from the sprint, then he can jump into the air and just let the wind carry him over.

The turn is the second basic move that one will be learning because it will help him turn to other directions in the sky. To turn, all he has to do would be to pull the handbrake to the direction that he would want to turn to. In addition to this, the handbrakes will also help him lessen his speed so that his turns will not be so sharp.

People say that going into the sky is the easy part while the landing is the hard part. Creating a soft landing is one of the things that beginners would always have a hard time with because of they do not know how to properly handle the handbrakes yet. Now the trick to landing properly is pulling the handbrakes at the same time and just glide down slowly.

So as one can see, it is not very easy to do paragliding colorado. However, as long as one listens to his instructor, he will be able to glide safely and properly. It is only when he gets used to this activity that he may already do it without any supervision from an instructor.




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